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Conquering the Comma

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Brushstrokes Image Grammar

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Blue Bubbles

Coherence. To stick together. Making ideas flow smoothly and clearly. And making the reader understand. . Blue Bubbles. What Is Coherence?. means "to stick together." All the ideas in a paragraph flow smoothly from one sentence to the next sentence.

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Verb Tense II- Tense Consistency

Verb Tense II- Tense Consistency. Review Simple Tense. Present Tense: Base verb + - S (unless the verb is irregular verb) She _______ to the library every two weeks to check out a new library book. Past Tense: Base verb + - ed (unless the verb is irregular)

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Verbals are words that at root have a verb form but no longer function as complete (finite) verbs.

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Comma Use and Abuse

Comma Use and Abuse. Renn Lugent Ryan Ritchie Shane Sprayberry Brandi Harrison. What is a Comma?. A valuable punctuation device that separates sentences to make them more manageable. Use of Commas. To separate three or more elements in a series.

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Capitalization and Quotation Marks

Capitalization and Quotation Marks. By: Destinie P., Greg R., and James W. Capitalize the first letter of significant words (but not the whole word) for these reasons:. Why do we capitalize?? We capitalize to indicate the beginning of a new sentence.

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Rules for the Apostrophe

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WRITING FOR COLLEGE

WRITING FOR COLLEGE. WHY IS IT DIFFERENT?. The Most Common Writing Errors. For Formal and Academic Papers. Academic writing is different from creative writing or journalistic writing!. Do not write the way you speak. Do not use slang. Do not expect your reader to know what you mean.

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Semicolons, Colons and Hyphens

Semicolons, Colons and Hyphens. Andrew Rohm, John Hagee. Bad grammar and poor punctuation is not a laughing matter. Semicolons A semicolon is used to separate complete ideas that could stand alone as sentences; however, the ideas are related, so the author wants to put them together.

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Sentence Boundaries & Run-on Sentences

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Parallel Structure

Parallel Structure. By Chad Foster, Ross Bernard , Pat Pefferman , and Kevin Swain. What is Parallel Structure?. Parallel Structure is when the same pattern of words are used to show that multiple ideas have the same importance. Examples of Parallel Structure .

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